你是不是把生活浪費(fèi)在看電視上？
Losing Your Life to Television
Are You Losing Your Life To Television? Few people realize the number of issues that television causes in our life.
你是不是把生活浪費(fèi)在看電視上？很少有人會(huì)意識(shí)到看電視給生活帶來的種種弊端。
While many people will argue that a little bit of TV never hurts anyone, the amount of a “little bit”is constantly in debate . A Neilson report found that the average American watches more than 34 hours of television each week.
很多人會(huì)反駁說看小會(huì)兒電視無傷大雅，但關(guān)于“一小會(huì)兒”是多久存在爭(zhēng)議。尼爾森報(bào)告指出，美國(guó)人平均每周看電視的時(shí)間超過34個(gè)小時(shí)。
1. Wasting Time
浪費(fèi)時(shí)間
It's pretty obvious that when you're watching TV, you're not doing anything else.
很顯然，當(dāng)你在看電視時(shí)，你就做不了任何其它事。
2. Missing Out on Social Interaction
錯(cuò)失社交活動(dòng)
Connection is one of the basic human needs we all have and it will never be fulfilled by your television set.
交流是我們擁有的一個(gè)基本的人類需求，而看電視是無法滿足的。
3. Programming Yourself with Negativity
給自己灌輸了負(fù)面情緒
Just about every television show, from comedies to drama to reality TV and the news, is negative .
每一檔電視節(jié)目都帶有負(fù)面因素，從喜劇和戲劇，到真人秀節(jié)目和新聞。
4. TV Poisons Your Belief Systems
電視毒害了你的信念
In comedies, we laugh at the stupid/overweight/socially awkward /different people. All of this is affecting your outlook on life and the way you see the world.
在喜劇里，我們嘲笑那些愚蠢的、肥胖的、有社交障礙的、以及各色人群。所有的這一切都在影響你的人生觀，以及你看待世界的方式。
5. It Creates Unrealistic Expectation
它萌發(fā)了不切實(shí)際的期望
Television distorts our understanding of reality.
電視節(jié)目扭曲了我們對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)的理解。
6. Feelings of Inadequacy
生活不滿足感
Life is never going to be like a TV show and this can make people very disillusioned when they compare it with their real life.
生活永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)像一檔電視節(jié)目一樣，當(dāng)人們把電視節(jié)目與他們的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活做過比較之后，他們的幻想就會(huì)破滅。
7. Subliminal Programming and Advertising
隱性暗示和隱性廣告
Make no mistake that there is only one reason why television exists, and that is to sell products.
毫無疑問，電視的存在只為一個(gè)原因，那就是銷售產(chǎn)品。
8. It Degrades Your Self Control and Discipline
它會(huì)減弱你的自制和自律
Thanks to the incredible psychological hooks that television uses, it's very hard to stop watching it.
正是由于電視節(jié)目利用了難以置信的心理誘惑，做到不繼續(xù)觀看是很難的。
9. The Health Effects of Sitting Down
坐著對(duì)健康的影響
We now live a more sedentary life than ever before with most people having jobs behind a desk. We compound this problem when we go home and sit down in front of the TV as well.
比起從前，現(xiàn)在的我們坐得更久，因?yàn)槲覀兇蠖鄶?shù)的工作都是坐在辦公室的辦公桌后完成的。當(dāng)我們回家了，坐在電視機(jī)前，我們又在重復(fù)這一生活方式。
10. We Teach Our Children These Habits
我們教會(huì)了我們的孩子這些習(xí)慣
Children are now being trained to watch TV and live a sedentary lifestyle.
孩子們被你訓(xùn)練出接受看電視和久坐不動(dòng)的生活方式。
